If you are a business owner you may already be financially literate, but just how strong is that literacy? Even if you are there are likely some things your CFO, Controller, or in-house accountant can do to improve your understanding of your financial situation. On the other hand if you aren’t financially literate then these same people should be helping you to become so. Read the rest of this entry »

Like it or not, every business has things that need to be done over and over. Despite the necessity, this repetition can blind you to the obvious. Think about it. When something is repeated enough there is a tendency to operate on autopilot, and when we do that it is easy to Read the rest of this entry »

Learning is a never-ending endeavor. Either your deliberately learn or you stop learning at your own peril. In the blog Be Willing to Experiment I discussed the important of accepting that change occurs and being the catalyst for the change we desire. Continuous learning is part of the process of being a catalyst for favorable change. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to the security of your financial data there is an overlooked security issue I see frequently. No, it’s not weak passwords or failure to change them frequently, nor is it allowing people access to information to which they shouldn’t have access. All these are indeed ones I see frequently, but they are not the one I’m thinking of that exposes the data of so many companies to problems. So what is it? Read the rest of this entry »